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Posted 24 January 2014 - 05:20 PM

That was interesting!

Now I know why I'll be purchasing all my equipment from Bill S.

That guy near the beginning of the show dry panning with the big brass bowl sure was spinning some dirt.

Guys - I've been to Burkina Faso and found gold there. The country is the same size in square miles as Nevada, with more than 10 times the population.

An interesting place indeed, and lots of gold too. But not a place for tourists.

Everyone speaks French or some of the local African tribal dialects. Virtually no one speaks english.

Parlez-vous Francais? If not, you will need a translator to even order food in a restaurant.

Just as a point, the ground in the goldfields is not too hot for a VLF, though there are some hotrocks. There is trash spread everywhere, some places in the gold fields there is heavy trash all over. If I return (and its a good possibility) I'll be using a good VLF. The nugget I found (we spent very little time actually detecting) was detected with a GB Pro.

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"So I learned then, once for all, that gold in its native state is but dull, unornamental stuff, and that only low-born metals excite admiration with an ostentatious glitter. However, like the rest of the world, I still go on underrating men of gold and glorifying men of mica. Commonplace human nature cannot rise above that." -- Mark Twain

I have some friends who have gone to Sierra Leone for many years detecting and dredging. Africa is sketchy and human life cheap,diseases galore and definately for the younger set. Although ol' Grubstake(not this one here) has gone over many times and has some nice diamonds and gold but takes years off your life doing it.....John

In Africa I was a very old man. Because of disease, poverty and the fact there are very few doctors or hospitals, most people die before they reach my age.

The average age of the population in the USA is like 37 - because most of us live about twice that long, into our 70s or 80s.

The average age in Burkina is around 20 - because most people die when they reach their 40s.

Hence, at age 55, I was a very old man.

Reno Chris

"So I learned then, once for all, that gold in its native state is but dull, unornamental stuff, and that only low-born metals excite admiration with an ostentatious glitter. However, like the rest of the world, I still go on underrating men of gold and glorifying men of mica. Commonplace human nature cannot rise above that." -- Mark Twain